Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 20

AV 4 20.1

आ पश्यति प्रति पश्यति परा पश्यति पश्यति । दिवम् अन्तरिक्षम् आद् भूमिं सर्वं तद् देवि पश्यति

ā paśyati prati paśyati parā paśyati paśyati | divam antarikṣam ād bhūmiṃ sarvaṃ tad devi paśyati

She looks hither, she looks toward, she looks away, she looks (about); the sky, the mid-air, and then the earth — all that, O goddess, she looks upon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.2

तिस्रो दिवस् तिस्रः पृथिवीः षट् चेमाः प्रदिशाः पृथक् । त्वयाहं सर्वा भूतानि पश्यानि देव्य् ओषधे

tisro divas tisraḥ pṛthivīḥ ṣaṭ cemāḥ pradiśāḥ pṛthak | tvayāhaṃ sarvā bhūtāni paśyāni devy oṣadhe

The three heavens, the three earths, and these six directions severally — by you, O divine plant, may I see all beings.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.3

दिव्यस्य सुपर्णस्य तस्य हासि कनीनिका । सा भूमिम् आ रुरोहिथ वह्यं श्रान्ता वधूर् इव

divyasya suparṇasya tasya hāsi kanīnikā | sā bhūmim ā rurohitha vahyaṃ śrāntā vadhūr iva

You are indeed the pupil of the eye of that heavenly eagle; you have mounted upon the earth like a weary bride upon a litter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.4

तां मे सहस्राक्षो देवो दक्षिणे हस्त आ दधत् । तयाहं सर्वं पश्यामि यश् च शूद्र उतार्यः

tāṃ me sahasrākṣo devo dakṣiṇe hasta ā dadhat | tayāhaṃ sarvaṃ paśyāmi yaś ca śūdra utāryaḥ

May the thousand-eyed god place her in my right hand; with her I see everything, both whoever is a Śūdra and whoever an Ārya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.5

आविष् कृणुष्व रूपानि मात्मानम् अप गूहथाः । अथो सहस्रचक्षो त्वं प्रति पश्याः किमीदिनः

āviṣ kṛṇuṣva rūpāni mātmānam apa gūhathāḥ | atho sahasracakṣo tvaṃ prati paśyāḥ kimīdinaḥ

Make the forms manifest, do not hide yourself away; and then, O thousand-eyed one, do you look upon the kimīdins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.6

दर्शय मा यातुधानान् दर्शय यातुधान्यः । पिशाचान्त् सर्वान् दर्शयेति त्वा रभ ओषधे

darśaya mā yātudhānān darśaya yātudhānyaḥ | piśācānt sarvān darśayeti tvā rabha oṣadhe

Show me the sorcerers, show me the sorceresses, show me all the piśācas — with this (intent) I grasp you, O plant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.7

कश्यपस्य चक्षुर् असि शुन्याश् च चतुरक्ष्याः । वीध्रे सूर्यम् इव सर्पन्तं मा पिशाचं तिरस् करः

kaśyapasya cakṣur asi śunyāś ca caturakṣyāḥ | vīdhre sūryam iva sarpantaṃ mā piśācaṃ tiras karaḥ

You are the eye of Kaśyapa, and of the four-eyed bitch; do not let the piśāca pass unseen, (who moves) like the sun gliding in a cloudless sky.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 20.8

उद् अग्रभं परिपाणाद् यातुधानं किमीदिनम् । तेनाहं सर्वं पश्याम्य् उत शूद्रम् उतार्यम्

ud agrabhaṃ paripāṇād yātudhānaṃ kimīdinam | tenāhaṃ sarvaṃ paśyāmy uta śūdram utāryam

I have dragged up out of his hiding-place the sorcerer, the kimīdin; with that (plant) I see everything, both Śūdra and Ārya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 20.9

यो अन्तरिक्षेण पतति दिवम् यश् च अतिसर्पति । भूमिं यो मन्यते नाथं तं पिशाचम् प्र दर्शय

yo antarikṣeṇa patati divam yaś ca atisarpati | bhūmiṃ yo manyate nāthaṃ taṃ piśācam pra darśaya

He who flies through the mid-air, and he who creeps across the sky, he who thinks the earth (his) refuge — show forth that piśāca.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition